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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy 'Cornish' penny token issued in 1811 by John Williams (1777-1849) of Scorrier House, a mine owner and mineralogist. The coin is heavily corroded and encrusted with marine organisms having been in the sea, but the date of 1811 above the word PENNY can still be made out on the obverse and the beginning of the legend on the reverse: FOR THE [ACCOMMODATION OF THE COUNTY]. The obverse has the remains of the pumping engine and winding machine, and the platform or foreground below it can clearly be seen. The reverse is too encrusted to make out, but would have had a fish in the centre between ingots of tin above and blocks of copper below, representing the two main Cornish industries of the time, fishing and mining.Withers (1999) illustrates similar examples on pages 113-4, Nos.700-706, which are all dated to 1811.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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